Summer Dogsled Camps in Juneau

The dogs at a summer doglsed training camp near Juneau, AK await being chosen for the 14-dog team to pull a 10-person cart. About 120 dogs — some of which will run the famous Ididerod sled race through the Alaska interior — live at the camp during the summer tourism season.

Most of our drivers don't get to do this trip. They gave me a van and I followed another driver up into the hills near Thane (three miles south of Juneau), where we passed by the ruins of the Alaska-Juneau Mine. The road opens up into this valley about 800 feet above sea level, where people experience the summer training camp for dogs and mushers who will run the Ididerod this year or next.

— Christopher